Delmarva leaders have voiced strong support for the latest version of the national Farm Bill that was sent to President Trump's desk Wednesday, with Congressman Andy Harris standing out as the one notable exception.

The vast package of legislation provides reauthorization for billions of dollars of farm and food nutrition aid programs. It supplies funding and policy standards for food and farming across the country for the next five years.

From farmers to environmentalists, endorsements have flowed from the Eastern Shore for the final version of the bill, which represents a long-negotiated compromise between the House and the Senate.

"It’s a good deal," said Colby Ferguson, Government Relations Director for the Maryland Farm Bureau. "You can never have a perfect deal, but it really does help Maryland."

President Trump is expected to sign the bipartisan bill into law. It easily passed the Senate Tuesday and soared through the House with a 369-47 vote Wednesday afternoon.

The $867 billion bill continues to give funding to key conservation and agricultural programs and does not include changes to the food stamp program, one of the most contentious measures included in the earlier House version of the bill.

It enjoyed strong support from Eastern Shore politicians on both side of the aisle, with the exception of U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md.-1st, who voted against the final bill in the House.

In an emailed statement, Harris said he did not support some of the changes between the House version of the bill and the final compromise bill.

He was a proponent of changes to the food stamp program in the House bill, which would have added work requirements to some older people and parents but were dropped in negotiations.

"The final package was substantially weaker in many policy areas and excluded many solid provisions important to the First District and the country, such as the repeal of the overly-burdensome, Obama-era Waters of the United States rule, meaningful reform to work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents, and forest management to prevent massive forest fires like we saw in California," said Harris in an emailed statement.

A repeal of the 2015 Waters of the United States rule was included in the original House version of the bill.

However, a separate proposal introduced by the Trump administration Tuesday has already put in motion the replacement of this rule with a significantly scaled back version.

U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., worked on the bill in the Agricultural Committee and voiced her satisfaction with the resulting bill on the House floor Wednesday.

"I stand confident that the bill will move Delaware and our nation forward," said Blunt Rochester. "We came together, we got something done, and that’s what the American people want to see."

Delaware, Maryland and Virginia senators all voted in favor of the passage of the bill.

Environmentalists in the area were also pleased with the compromise struck between the House and the Senate.

"The compromise legislation will increase conservation funding, simplify and streamline the Regional Conservation Partnership Program," said Beth McGee, Director of Science and Agricultural Policy of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, in a statement.

Farm groups in both Delaware and Maryland applauded the bill.

President of the Delaware Farm Bureau Richard Wilkins said he believes it will be easy to implement as it continues and improves programs in previous versions.

"This is definitely a great Christmas present for American agriculture and for the American people knowing that their food safety net is going to be in place," said Wilkins.